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Hoover Public Library employee Lauren Petit stands at the entrance to a castle maze as the evil Maleficent at the Hoover Public Library’s “Good to be Bad” Halloween kids’ bash on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025.
Villains took over the Hoover Public Library on Friday night for the library’s annual kids’ Halloween bash — this year called “Good to be Bad.”
About 850 people came through the doors for the special after-hours event, held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m…